Geocaching and Adventure Labs pt1

 Good morning everyone.  This week we continue down the Old Man River, better known as the Mississippi, and stop in the State of Missouri.  The oldest geocache is 'Missouri's First - Watts Mill' - GC37.  Hidden in June, 2000, it has been found 3,820 times with 1,016 favorite points.  The geocache with the most favorite points is 'St. Louis Arch Virtual Cache'  GC7ED.  This virtual was published in April, 2001.  It has 5,442 found logs and 1,148 favorite points.

I have had an opportunity to do a couple of Adventure Labs in the past month or two.  Both are located about an hour West of Winnipeg in the city of Portage La Prairie.  Both are uniquely different.  That's what I love about Adventure Labs.  They can take you to interesting places.  No container to look for.  This type of geocache is ideal for those who are traveling.  It can take you somewhere that's historical.  It can take you to statues and monuments.  It can even take you to works of art.

The first Adventure Lab I'm going to look at this week is titled 'Portage La Prairie Art Tour' and was put together by local geocacher ilike2travel.  I have passed through Portage La Prairie many times and have done some geocaching in that city.  This Adventure Lab took me to places I probably never would have gone to.  If I did, probably didn't pay attention to my surroundings.

My first stop of the art tour was at the BDO Centre arena.  The mural on the side of the building depicts a winter scene of hockey, skating, and other winter activities.  

With the correct answer submitted, it was off to stage two.  This was at the back of a library.  This mural was so long, I couldn't get it all in one picture.  I tried to get two different angles to capture as much of the art work as I could.  If not for geocaching, I would never have thought to go down that back alley.

Stop number three was at a family resource centre.

Not too far away was the fourth stage of this Adventure Lab.

My final stop was at Stride Place arena, home to the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.  This mural is very cool.  It's a mosaic of many smaller pictures that make up one larger mural.

That completes the first Adventure Lab in Portage La Prairie.  The other AL's starting point is very close to where I'm standing.  We'll do that one next week.  Until then, be happy, stay safe, wear a mask and wash your hands, but most of all, have fun.  Peace out.

Nap time for three of the four animals as I do some reading.